(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Last tour with Sir Simon Rattle
Our last tour with Sir Simon Rattle as our chief conductor with concerts in London, Vienna, Amsterdam, Cologne, Madrid and Barcelona. On the programme, two new “tapas” by Hans Abrahamsen and Jörg Widmann as well as Johannes Brahms’s First Symphony, Witold Lutosławski’s Third Symphony, and Anton Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony with the finale by Samale et al.(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Christian Stadelmann(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Naoko Shimizu
Favourite food not only for Minions: Bananas!
View on the stage
Martin von der Nahmer and Máté Szűcs
Joaquin Riquelme
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Sir Simon and concertmaster Daniel Stabrawa 
Sarah Willis
Guillaume Jehl
Santa Maria del Mar
For the brave: The mediterranean sea is still a bit chilly!
Train station with palm trees: Madrid Atocha
Off to Barcelona with the AVE fast train.
Arrival in Barcelona
Sagrada Familia
The bassoon player is happy!
Entry for Widmann(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
...and back again.
Auditorio Nacional de Música
Instead of the traditional cat photo: A music loving guide dog visited the concert!
Michael Frohloff has the music under control!
Bettina Sartorius, 2nd violin
Julia Gartemann, viola
Maja Avramović, 1st violin
Rachel Schmidt, 2nd violin
Jelka Weber, flute
Rachel Helleur-Simcock, cello
Principal cellist Bruno Delepelaire wanted to try out something new....(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
...but luckily he came back to his wonderful cello!
Spaniards at home: Joaquin Riquelme and Luis Esnaola
Two brothers: Our violist Micha Afkham in front of a photo of his brother David, chief conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra. 
(Photo: Markus Weidmann)
Louwrens Langevoort(Photo: Markus Weidmann)
(Photo: Markus Weidmann)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Principal French horn Stefan Dohr and principal flute Emmanuel Pahud(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
The best stage crew: ours!
Entry for the Widmann(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Principal timpanist Rainer Seegers
Woodwinds
Celli
The General Manager of the Philharmonie Cologne, Louwrens Langevoort, welcomes Sir Simon and the orchestra(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Principal trombone Olaf Ott
Our crew for the keyboard instruments: Hendrik Heilmann and Holger Groschopp
Principal viola Máté Szűcs
A very pleasant train journey from Amsterdam to Cologne!(Photo: Markus Weidmann)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Entry Sir Simon
Standing Ovation
Principal clarinet Andreas Ottensamer
Alessandro Cappone, 1st violin
Richard Duven
Thomas Leyendecker
David Riniker
Here comes the band! Franz Schindlbeck, Andrej Zust, Alexander Bader and Jan Schlichte
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Our programme
This is Julius Röntgen, not Wilhelm Conrad.
Simon Reinink, director of the Concertgebouw, welcomes the orchestra and Sir Simon.(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley tunes
Sir Simon
Alan Nilles, viola
Alvaro Parra, 1st violin
Principal cellist Bruno Delepelaire
Flute player Michael Hasel
Laurentiu Dinca, 1st violin
The Rijksmuseum
Travelling with us through Europe: Our partners from Kanitz
Monika Rittershaus at work
French horn player Andrej Zust in a short moment of silence before the concert.
Michael Karg
A visit to the Mauritshuis in Den Haag. "The girl with a Pearl Earring" by Jan Vermeer(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
"The Goldfinch" by Carel Fabritius
A walk at the North Sea
Christian Stadelmann in action
The Concertgebouw(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Composer Hans Abrahamsen(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
..again receiving the applause for the Austrian premiere of his new work.
Final applause
That's it! See you again Vienna, in new constellations.
Sir Simon and Hans Abrahamsen(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Cultural senator Klaus Lederer also paid Sir Simon a visit backstage. 
Andrea Zietzschmann, general manager of the foundation Berliner Philharmoniker, and Sir Simon
Let's clean up a bit
Philipp Schoof and Kirk Knoblauch from our stage crew
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Fergus McWilliam
Gunars Upatnieks, double bass
Principal French horn David Cooper
Marlene Ito, 2nd violin
Vincent Vogel, percussionist from the Karajan-Akademie
Mor Biron and Markus Weidmann from the bassoon section
Why is Sir Simon sitting on my place?
Ah, much better!
Musikverein
Museumsquartier
Dürer rabbit on top of the Albertina
Widmann's "Tanz auf dem Vulkan" starts from the other side in Vienna(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Composer Jörg Widmann thanks the orchestra and Sir Simon after the Austrian premiere of his piece.
Wolfgang Talirz, viola
Applause
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Principal double bass Matthew McDonald awaiting eagerly his instrument.
Simon Roturier, 2nd violin(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Philipp Bohnen, 2nd violin
Principal bassoon Stefan Schweigert
Edicson Ruiz, double bass
The boss of our foundation pays us a visit in Vienna: Berlin's culture senator Klaus Lederer greet the orchestra, general manager Andrea Zietzschmann and Sir Simon Rattle.
Stage is loaded...
Franz Schindlbeck
Musikverein Vienna
Jesper Busk Sørensen
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
George VI and Queen Elizabeth(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Prince Harry and Meghan
Andre II. and Gabor I.
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Janusz Widzyk)
(Photo: Markus Weidmann)
The man who saw it first: Christian Stadelmann with camera and friendly support from Madeleine Carruzzo.(Photo: Markus Weidmann)
(Photo: Christian Stadelmann)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley
Sir Simon Rattle
Brass section
Final applause
See you tomorrow!
The Royal Festival Hall(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
River Thames
The London Eye
On power: Principal trumpet Gabor Tarkövi
The circle of fifths gets a complete new meaning...
Bassoon talk: Mor Biron and Daniele Damiano
Christoph Hartmann
Alessandro Cappone, 1st violin
Christoph Polonek, 1st violin
(Photo: Michael Frohloff)